Laurie from
Old School Acres posted about some books she found while thrifting. I instantly recognized three of them from the Better Homes and Gardens Crafting series. I had one of them, and it was missing from her set. I offered to trade it for a handful of buttons because, sadly, I had no button stash.
I was treated to more-than-a-handful of wonderful buttons. She sent me a great mix of colors and styles. Some of my favorites are the metal knights, the metal eagles with anchors, tons of white shell buttons , and one beautiful abalone button.
The vial of vintage sequins is about half full of flat copper sequins. I imagine they will look really cool on one of my embroidered purses. All of the sequins I have are creased, so the flat ones are a great addition to my sequin stash. The jeweled kitty pin is so incredibly cute, too! So sparkly.
Laurie and her family live in a former country school house they inherited from her husband's great-grandmother. Her blog is full of
wonderful stories about her family's history and pictures of the
incredible things she finds packed away in their home.
On the left of the photo you can see the edges of the stack of vintage wrapping paper she sent me - from Gram's stash. :) Too cool.